Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I apologise. I have received several reports on the matter. I have discussed the issue with a number of professionals, not all of whom are employed by the HSE or the Department of Health; nor were they all from Roscommon or Galway. All of them have said that awful things happen when one is dealing with very vulnerable people. That is why we provide the services in the acute unit. Without any request for an inquiry, the HSE critical incident unit commenced an investigation. The Mental Health Act required that an investigation take place, and an investigation is never carried out by the staff of the unit.

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